Improvement in wrench and pincers



.tant @met MWh-M- EDWIN FROGGATT, 0F' CENTRAL CITY, COLORAD() TERRITORY.

' Letters Patent No. 88,621, dated April 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRENCH AND PINCERS.

The Schedule referred bodin these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it mag/.concern Be it known that I, EDWIN FROGGATT, ofCentral Gity,in the Territory of Colorado, have invented a new andimproved Combination-Tool; and I do hereby deelare that the following isa lll, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which--Figure 1 represents a sideview, partly in section, of my combined tool.

vFigure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

parts. 1

This invention relates to a new tool, which is to be used by blacksmithsand mechanics for various pur-- poses, and in which the most importanttools, to wit,

the hammer, screw-driver, wrench, and pincers, are

combined in such manner that either can be used with great-facility.

A, in the drawing, represents the shank of my improved tool.

It is'made of malleable iron, or other suitable ma- Patentteiial, andhas, on its upper end, formed a head,,'pro jeeting from both sides, asshown.

One end of' this head serves as a hammer, the other one, as the upperjaw of a Wrench.

The 'upper half of the'shank A is, under the hammer-head a, made flat,Aand is slotted, as shown.

is the lower jaw of the wrench. as to straddle the slotted upper part ofthe shank, and is, by means of a tube, b, connected with a lowerguidearm, c, which also straddles the shank, as shown.

Screws d al are iitted through the forked ends of the parts B c, andthrough the slot of the shank.

Gis a screw, for working the lower jaw. .It rests on a step, e, formedon the shank, and ftsinto the arm c and tube b, as shown. By turning it,the lower ,jaw will be raised or lowered, at will.

It is forked, so`

The screw (l and the lower arm o serve to steady the motion ofthe jaw,and make'the wrench ei'ective. v

The other arm, E, of the pincers is, by a pin, f, pivoted to A, and can,by a spring-catch, g, be fastened to the step e, when the pincers arenot to be used. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding hisa' spring, for forcing the jaws of the pincers apart.

. Another form of wrench may be arranged in the.

saine combination with equal effect, and the screwdriver can be omitted,if desired.

The hammer is strengthened by an additional brace, o, as shown, whichconnects its head with the shank.

The nippers may have steel-faced points, that may be removable, ifdesired.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters l. The combination-tool,consisting of the wrench, hammer', and pineers, with or without thescrew-driver, all operating and arranged substantially as specified.

2. Connecting the movable jaw B of a wrench, by means of a bar or tube,b, with a parallel arm, c, the jaw and arm being bii'urcated, so as tostraddle the slotted shank A, through which screws lare tted into theparts B c, substantially as hereinshown and described, for the purposespeciiied.

` EDWIN FEOGrGrATl.

Witnesses:

HARVEY M. BURRELL, F. Senonnrnnn.

